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M.l G, FAGAN. Coal Scuttle.

No. 79,564. Patented July 7, 1868.

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Be it known that I, MICHEL G.FAGAN, o'f'Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New 4York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coal-Hods; and I do herebyndeelare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, Aand to letters of reference marked thereon, like lettersrepresenting like parts. i

y My said invention relates to improvements in hods or scuttles for supplying coal to parlor-stoves. As heretoforc generally constructed, they have been `of a. form somewhat resembling atapering bucket, inmost eases oval on the top, the small end being the bottom, and lsupported by a rim or hoop, a bail hinged on the centre of tho sides, close to the top, .the front part being generally bent square, and carried a little higher up, forming a sort of a mouth-piece. The form of'those hods or seuttles makes it very inconvenient to discharge coal from them, for the reason that, in-raising u'p the back end after the front is inserted in the door-opening of a stove,

they strike the frontof the stove before there is elevation enough te the back end to allow it to discharge itself.

You are obligedto have recourse to a jerking motion to till thestove. The result is the dropping of more or less coalupon the loor. An attempt has heretofore been made to avoid such defects, by making the scuttle or hod in the form of a frustum of a1 cone; but they fail, ina great measure, to' accomplish it, for this reason: a coal-bodl or scuttle, for convenience of carriage, cannot exceed a certain length. They are, therefore, tozenable them to hold the amount of coal other scuttles or hodsdo,iobliged to make them of about three times the diameter at the large or closed end that they are at the vsmall or open end. The result is, when the hod is tipped up from the back, the'eoal wedges, and you are obliged to shake or jerk the hed, as in the old style.

ls seuttles or hods are-generally made, they are whatis called "wired in thc flat, and then formed bythe workman, euch one as near like the other as he can judge by`his eye and, when it becomes necessary to malte one seuttle hold more than another, nndpreserve the same shape, an entire new set of patterns have to bel eut out, which is attendednvith such expense that, unless a large number is wanted, it is seldom done.

By my improvements, I avoid all the defects incident to the modes of construction heretofore practsed'or suggested.

.In the accompanying drawings, A represents theside or head ot'. the hod or scottie, tapering to the frontA in the form of a wedge, with the black end circular. 'B is the openingfor the discharging of coal into a. stove;

' C, the opening to till the hod; D, thebail; E, the foot orrest; F, the handle onrenr end of hod, to assist in disehargingfrom it; G, the ears'and stops. v

Figure 2 shows the centre-piece, that is s'eamed to the sides or heads, commencing on the underside, at the `evt-rome front, thence around to the opening B, forming the back, bottom, Vand top in one piece.

Thesame shape in front could be' secured by having the bac'k endsof the heads orsides square, instead o circular, by allowing, on each side the heads, a width suicient .toqbe bentat right angles with it but,'on account ot` the taper, the waste of material would be greater. `I prefer it as shown.

The advantages of this coal-hed are that'it presents in front,bo'th 0in-bottom and topside, a perfectlynilat and straight surface, and of such a form that, when inserted in the door-opening of a stove, the back end can be elevated some distance above the't'ront endbefore the plane of the hed-strikes the front of the stove; so that the contents leave it rcadily,and without any extra labor on the part of the-person using it. i

' Also, in the making of this hed, it `will be seenthat the heads or sidesjdetermine the form of the hod itself, thereby saving to the workman all .trouble of forming when once seam'ed together. 4

It will be seen this hed possesses another advantage above the ones in'generalluse,..in the facility with which different sizes can' be made'. Parlor-stove doors vary in width from four to seven inches, and hot-air furnaces Y.as wide-as twelve inches. To enable a personsklled in the'business to make them suitany opening, all that is necessary iste cutthc centre'section or strip ofthe widthy required, while the same heads or sides can be made to answer all. They-I mean' to say it, meaning the centre section-can also be made either straight, or, if

Vreferredz wdei' at the front then back, by that nglear'xsfglivingl free' passage vto the coal, and preventing its beeoml'g wedged'in the hed. h .l 'y

.I do. not claimt-'hoppen -cml'b'ined with t'he body of a, hq'd ;v neither do I claim a. bail, `when combine with le body of a coalbod by hinged jointsor stops, as'such devices have-*been patented. l

WhateI claim as new; and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, isf-A 'A edel-Bod or. scuttle, made inthe manner and for the pnpose 'seh forth im this specication. v MICHELU G. FAGAN.

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Lo'UIs POTTER, DANLE. PARIS. 

